MakeKidsCountNJ Goal 2:
All families will be able to support and care for their children.

New Jersey families need to early almost $40,000 a year just to make ends meet. Thousands of working parents –in the cities, suburbs and rural areas – lack this level of income, often forcing parents to choose between paying the rent and feeding their children. That hurts kids.

A hungry child cannot grow into a good student. Instead of mastering the alphabet, a homeless child will worry about where he will sleep that night. To help kids, we have to support working families in three key ways:

• Provide programs that support family sufficiency – child care, nutrition, housing, health care and paid family leave.
• Help working parents accumulate assets – savings accounts, houses, businesses – building family stability and expanding New Jersey’s tax base.
• Change state tax policies to be fair for all working families.

Click on the links below to read more about working families.

Fourth Graders Tell Governor How to Help Kids

ACNJ Report Shows Next Governor Must Strengthen Working Families

 "The Ends Don't Meet", an ACNJ Report on Working Families

Issue Brief: Support NJ Working Families